Temporary binder.



A. WISSLER.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12. 1915.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

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TEMPORARY BINDER.

APPLIQATION FILED JULY 12. 1915.

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ADOLPI-I WISSLER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Application filed July 12, 1915. Serial No. 39,423.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AooLrH WISSLER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at St.

Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Temporary Binders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a temporary binder particularly adapted for use in connection with paper-bound books or pamphlets, such as telephone directories, railway guides, rate books, and the like, the principal object of my invention being to provide simple means whereby said books or pamphlets may be firmly secured to a back having comparatively stifl covers.

A further object of my invention is to provide a temporary binder which can be easily and quickly applied to or removed from the book or pamphlet and which binder is provided with a member which, in addition to engaging one end of the book or pamphlet to retain the same in the temporary binder, serves as a loop whereby the.

binder and book can be conveniently suspended on a nail or hook.

In certain forms of temporary binders now in general use and of the type to which my invention relates, a removable staple or prong member is secured to the back plate of the device through the resiliency of the legs of said staple or prong member and in order to remove the latter from the back plate, it is necessary to move the legs of the staple toward each other, but this cannot always be readily accomplished when the -legs of said staple or prong'member are positioned between the leaves of the book or pamphlet to which the temporary binder is applied. Further where a binding member in the form of a removable staple having resilient legs is made use of, the locking of the staple to the back plate depends on a spreading movement of the legs of the staple so that portions of the back plate engage in notches formed in said legs, but where the staple is inserted between the leaves of a book, it is not always possible for the legs to spread a suiiicient distance to engage the back plate, and therefore the staple or binding device is not firmly connected to said p plate.

. member in a In my improved construction, the back plate is provided with pairs of bearings adapted to receive the legs of the staple or prong member, thereby serving to hold said firm and substantial position when inserted in the book, and to arrange on the back, a resilient member which engages and locks the removable member to the back when said member is properly positioned for use.

/Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa tern.- porary binder of my improved construction. Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the metal back forming a part of. my improved device. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section taken approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the removable book engaging member which is associated with the back of the device. Fig. 5 is an enlarged plan view of the metal back. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken through the lower portion of my improved temporary binder. Fig. 7 is an enlarged front elevational view of the upper end of a modified form of the binder. Fig. 8 is a side elevational view of the upper end of the modified construction. Fig. 9 is a horizontal section taken approximately on the line 9-9 of Fig. 7. 1

In the construction of my improved binder, I make use of a comparatively rigid metal bar or plate 10, the lower end of which is bent substantially at right angles to the body portion of said plate or bar to form a flange 11 and rigidly fixed to this flange is one or more upwardly projecting prongs or spurs 12, the upper ends of which arepointed. The upper portion of plate 10 is bent forwardly at right angles to the main body portion of said plate to form a horizontally disposed member 13 in which is formed a pair of apertures 14. From the outer end of plate 13 the metal forming the back is bent upwardly as designated by 15 and the extreme upper end of the metal is bent rearwardly at right angles to the portion 15 to form a terminal flange 16, the

same lying substantially parallel with the late 13 and said last mentioned flange being provided withapertures 17 which are in direct alinement with the apertures 1 L Fixed in any suitable manner to the top of plate 13 and between the apertures 14; therein is the lower end 18 of a resilient latching member, the body portion 19 of which extends upwardly at an angle to the rear of the flange 16 and formed integral with said 111- clined body portion is a horizontally disposed plate 20 which occupies a position immediately over said flange 16. through the end portions of the plate 20 are apertures 21, the same being substantially in alinement with the apertures 17 and 14k, and the rear edges 22 of these apertures 21 are'preferably straight and occupy a plane parallel with the front and rear edges ofthe plate 20. Formed integral with and projecting upwardly from the front edge of plate 20 is a lip or flange 23. The removable book securing member which is associated with the upper end of the metal back and the latching member carried thereby comprises a member 24, preferably formed of wire in the shape of a staple, with the ends of its legs pointed as desig nated by 25. The legs of this member are spaced so that they may be readily inserted through the coinciding apertures 21, 17 and 1 1. Formed in the legs of this removable member are notches 26 which are adapted to receive the straight edges of the plate 20 immediately to the rear of the apertures 21 therein when the removable member is prop- "erly applied to the back.

The metal back thus constructed is associated with a pair of cover boards 27, preferably by means of sections 28 of leather or fabric which are attached to the front and rear faces of the" plate 10, and the edges of said sections are attached to the rear edges of the cover is firmly and conveniently held in thebinder, and the leaves of said book are held 1n fiat condition by the comparatively rigid and substantial cover boards 27.

It will be understood that the resiliency V of the latching member maintains the edges of the plate 20 to the rear of apertures 21 in the notches 26 in the legs of the member 24, thus locking said member against removal and the upper portion of said member serves as a loop whereby the device can be conveniently suspended on a nail or hook. When it becomes necessary to remove the book from thebinder, the lip 01' flange 23 is en-' Formed of the removable binding member,

to the central portion of member 29 is one 1705' gaged with pressure and moved rearwardly a slight distance in order to disengage the straight edges of the plate 20 to the rear of the apertures 21 from the notches 26, whereupon the member as can be pulled upwardly a sullicient distance to disengage the pointed ends of the legs from the book, or if desired, said member 24: can be entirely disengaged from the metal back. Thus, it will be seen that the book may be conveniently and quickly applied to or removed from the cover as occasion demands.

It will be noted that the legs of there movable member 24 pass through apertures formed in the plates 13 and 16,7and therefore, said removable member has double bearings which maintain it in: a firm and substantial manner when applied to themetal back and this firm and substantial bearing is enhanced by virtue of the re silient latch which engages the legsofsaid V .member when it is properly positioned for pointed asdesignated by 33. Formed integral with the outer edge of member 29 is a. pair of'upwardlyprojecting fingers 3t, the upper ends of which are curved. transversely to form bearing seats 35 forthe legs Fixed end of a resilient latching plate 36, the same extending upwardly a short distance 7 and its upper end being provided with a horizontally disposed plate 37 which lies substantially parallel with the member 29. The forward edge of the end'portions of 7 this plate 37 are adapted. to engage in notches 38 that are formed in the rear sides of the legs 31 of'the removable binding member. The free end of tlie resilient '115 latchextends'downwardly between the members 34: to form a'plate 39, the same being adapted to be engaged by the thumb or finger when the resilient member is engaged with pressure to release the removable 110 s staple-shaped binding member.-

bound books or pamphlets.

It will be readily understood that minor changes in the size, form and construction of the various partsof my improved device can be made and substituted for those herein 183 shown and described, without departing from the spirit of my invention, the scope of which is set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A temporary binder comprising a plate having terminal extensions substantially at right angles to the body portion of the plate, a fixed prong on one of the extensions, a prong removably positioned in the opposite extension, and a yielding latching member on said last mentioned extension, which latching member is adapted to engage the removable prong.

2. A temporary binder comprising a plate havin a fixed book engaging member at one end, a book engaging member removably seated in the opposite end of said plate, and a resilient latching device on said plate for engaging the removable book engaging member to prevent its accidental withdramil from the plate.

3. A temporary binder comprising a plate having a projection at one end, a book ene gaging prong on said projection, a projection at the opposite end of the plate, which last mentioned projection is provided with pairs of bearings, a book engaging memher having legs adapted to be positioned in said pairs of bearings, and a yielding latching member adapted to engage the legs of said book engaging member.

4. A temporary binder comprising a plate having a projection at one end, a book engaging prong on said projection, a projection at the opposite end of the plate, which last mentioned projection is provided with pairs of bearings, a book engaging member havin lc 's ada Jted to be ositioned in said y 2: n 1 0 pairs of bearlngs, said legs bemg provided with notches, and a yielding latching member adapted to engage said notches to hold the book engaging member in position on the plate.

5. A temporary binder comprising a plate having book engaging means at one end fixed with respect to the plate, a staple- Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each,

shaped book engaging member removably positioned in the other end of the plate the legs of said member being provided with notches, and a latching member fixed to the plate and adapted to engage in the notches in the legs of the removable book engaging member.

6. In a temporary binder, the combination with a plate having a book engaging member fixed at one end, a book engaging member removably seated in the other end of the plate, said book engaging member being provided with shoulders, and a resilient latching member carried by the plate and adapted to engage between the shoulders of the removable book engaging member.

7. In a temporary binder, the combination with a plate, of a notched book engaging member removably positioned in one end of said plate, and a latching member carried by the plate and adapted to engage the notch in said book engaging member.

8. In a temporary binder, the combination with a plate, of a staple-shaped book engaging member removably positioned in one end ofsaid plate, and a latching member adapted to engage the legs of said member to lock the same to the plate.

9. In a binder of the class described, the combination with a back plate, of a book engaging prong removably positioned in said plate and provided with shoulders, and a prong latching member which is movable with respect to said back plate and said prong a portion of which latching member is adapted to be positioned between the shoulders on said book engaging prong to hold the same against movement in both directions.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses, this 8th day of July, 1915.

ADOLPH WISSLER. lVitnesses:

H. P. SMITH, W. A. HARDEL.

by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). G. 

